The Religion of an Artist

Published in Contemporary Indian Philosophy, 1936, pp. 25-45.

I was born in 1861: that is not an important date of history, but it belongs to a great epoch in Bengal, when the currents of three movements had met in the life of our country. One of these, the religious, was introduced by

The philosophy of our people

Published in Modern Review, Vol 39, Jan-June, 1926, pp. 77-85

[Presidential Address at the Indian Philosophical Congress]

My timidity makes it difficult for me properly to enjoy the honour you have done me to-day by offering a chair which I cannot legitimately claim as my own. I had my invitation,

Art and Tradition

There come in our history occasions when the consciousness of a large multitude becomes suddenly illumined with the recognition of something which rises far above the triviality of daily happenings. Such an occasion there was when the voice of Buddha reached distant shores across all physical and moral

The Creative Ideal

In an old Sanskrit book there is a verse which describes the essential elements of a picture. The first in order is ‘rupa-bheda’, separateness of forms. Forms are many, forms are different, each of them having its limits. But if this were absolute, if all forms remained obstinately separate,